WordPress Hosting and Installation
 
 
 

 

 

WordPress Hosting Comparison

All companies offer WordPress pre-installed on their servers

Company
Cost $ Setup
Fees
Support Reviews Server
Storage
Transfer Email
Addresses
Add-Ons Multiple Domains
Blue Host $9.95-$6.95 $30 4 300GB 3,000GB 2500 Fantastico
Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: Discounts ranging from $8.95/month for 3+months to $6.95/month for 2+ years at signup, plus free domain name if you commit to at least 1 year. Setup fee waived with 1+ year commitment.
Lunarpages $6.95-$9.95 $30 4 350GB 3,500GB Unlimited

Fantastico

+10
Extra offers / deals :: Discounts ranging from $8.95/month for 3+months to $6.95/month for 2+ years at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
HostMonster $5.95-$7.95 $30 4 350GB 3,000GB Unlimited Fantastico Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: $5.95/month pricing for 2+ years or more at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
HostRocket $4.95-$12.95 $0 4 100GB Unlimited Unlimited Fantastico equivalent +10
Extra offers / deals ::
Hostgator $9.95 $0 4 100GB 1,000GB Unlimited Fantastico Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: They have a starter plan for as low as $6.95/month
Dotster $7.95-$9.95 $0 4 10GB 500GB 150 Standard +50
Extra offers / deals :: They have a starter plan for as low as $5.25/month
midPhase $7.95 $0 4 200GB 3,000GB 250 Fantastico +1
  Extra offers / deals :: Free domain name and annual purchase required on all signups
Company
Cost $ Setup
Fees
Support Reviews Server
Storage
Transfer Email
Addresses
Add-Ons Multiple Domains
AN Hosting $6.95 $0 3.5 250GB 2,500GB Unlimited Fantastico +19
Extra offers / deals :: Free domain name and annual purchase required on all signups
GoDaddy

$4.89-$6.99

$0 3 100GB 1,000GB 1,000 Standard Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: Add domain names for $1.99, they also have an economy plan for as low as $2.80/month
Netfirms $9.95 $0 2 250GB 2,000GB 500 Standard Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: Two free domain names and annual purchase required on all signups
StartLogic $6.95-$5.95 $30 2 300GB 3,000GB Unlimited Standard +10
Extra offers / deals :: $5.95/month pricing for 2+ years or more at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
PowWeb $5.77-$7.77 $30 2 300GB 3,000GB Unlimited InstallCentral Unlimited
Extra offers / deals :: $5.77/month pricing for 1+ years or more at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
Yahoo! $8.96-$11.95 $25 2 5GB 200GB 200

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No
  Extra offers / deals :: Free domain name with all signups, plus there's really no purchase you can make to incur the setup fees (I think it's just there for show)
  • All companies offer standard add-ons such as shopping cart software, chat rooms, guestbooks, and forums pre-installed
  • All companies will waive the setup fee under certain circumstances
  • The Support Reviews are an average of overall reviews found on multiple sites, as well as feedback obtained from personal experience and eMoms at Home readers [on a scale of 1 (worst) to 4 (best)]. No hosting company is perfect - all have gotten both good and bad reviews.
  • Server Storage and Transfer aren't really that important (except when they are very tiny amounts or if you plan on running a lot of multimedia on your site)
  • Fantastico is a great value-added program that I highly recommend - it also includes OpenAds (phpAdsNew) which will allow you to sell your own advertisng further down the road.
  • If you have multiple sites or need to test out ideas, go with a host provider that will allow you to host multiple domains on one package